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John 15:1-8

1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the

husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit

he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which

I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch

cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that

abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as

a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in

you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear

much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

John 15:1-8

1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the

husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit

he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which

I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch

cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that

abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as

a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in

you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear

much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Abiding Branches Bear Fruit

John 15:2-8

The elements of the vine analogy …

• 1. The Vine
• 2. The Vinedresser
• 3. The Branches

In the vineyard, the branches are the focus

• f the vinedresser’s efforts because they

produce the fruit.

• Rom. 1:13-15

“Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, … that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among

• ther Gentiles. 14 … 15 So, as much as

in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.”

Titus 3:14 “And let [our people] also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.”

• Psa. 1:3

“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”

• Gal. 5:22-23

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.”

2 Cor. 9:8 “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:”

• Eph. 2:10

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.”

• v. 2

“Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.”

• v. 5

“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

• v. 8

“Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; …”

Progression of fruit-bearing …

• 1. No Fruit
• 2. Fruit
• 3. More Fruit
• 4. Much Fruit